Person:Jeremy Wardwell (1)

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Jeremy Barker Wardwell
b.18 Aug 1831 Massachusetts
d.9 Mar 1913 Ormond, Volusia, FLorida
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Jun 1812
  1. Simon Willard Wardwell1813 - 1899
  2. Thomas George Wardwell1814 - 1900
  3. Stephen Henry Wardwell1816 - 1907
  4. Hiram H. Wardwell1818 - 1906
  5. Margaret Elizabeth Wardwell1820 - 1906
  6. William Henry Wardwell1823 - 1896
  7. Lucy Ann Wardwell1825 - Aft 1910
  8. Hannah Barker Wardwell1827 - 1856
  9. Gilbert Barker Wardwell1829 - 1895
  10. Henrietta Cecelia Wardwell1829 - 1913
  11. Ephraim P. WardwellAbt 1830 -
  12. Jeremy Barker Wardwell1831 - 1913
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Jun 1885
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Facts and Events
Name Jeremy Barker Wardwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Aug 1831 Massachusetts
Marriage 10 Jun 1885 Ormond, Volusia, FLoridato Grace Amelia Penfield
Occupation? Machinist in 1850, 1860 & 1870, Fruit Farmer in 1910
Death[2] 9 Mar 1913 Ormond, Volusia, FLorida

California Gold Rush 1849 Enlisted as a Lieutenant 1st Class on 05 July 1861 at the age of 29 Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 05 July 1861 Commission in Company B, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Massachusetts on 05 July 1861 Promoted to Full Captain on 02 September 1861 Resigned on 17 November 1862

No Children

He went to California via Cape Horn on the square-rigged ship Nestor which sailed from Boston on 30 November 1849, still a teenager. He arrived 06 June 1850. He explored for gold in Sonora, California and kept a journal of his adventures which is at the Andover Historical Society

A member of California Pioneers of New Engalnd

Living with mother in Methuen at 1870 census. Living in Ormond, Volusia, Florida at 1885 Census. Widowed in Ormond, Volusia, Florida at 1900 & 1910 census

References
  1. ↑ William Wardwell of Andover With an Informal Collection of His Descendants through the 8th Generation, Majorie Wardwell Otten 2002.
  2. ↑ Genealogy of the Wardwell Family of Andover, MA Enders Robinson.
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